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The emergency treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) with intravenous then oral beta-blockers has become the standard of care based upon randomized trials of over 27,000 patients. However, most of these trials were done before the advent of reperfusion therapy and aggressive platelet antagonists.
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Ischemia during stress echocardiography is an independent predictor of death and ICD therapy in patients with coronary heart disease at high risk of arrhythmic death.
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Provocative testing with adrenaline and procainamide infusions is useful in unmasking the etiology of apparent unexplained cardiac arrest.
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Metabolic syndrome is common and is associated with an increased risk for CVD and T2DM in both sexes.
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The newest generation spiral CT scanner with 64 slices, thin detectors and faster X-ray tube rotation provides high-resolution, near motion-free coronary artery images.
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The majority of chronic stable coronary artery disease patients given 75 mg of EC aspirin daily have adequate inhibition of COX, but younger, heavier, and post MI patients may not.
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Colchicine added to conventional therapy for acute pericarditis reduced the recurrence rate and corticosteroids increased it.
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A recent journal of the American College of Cardiology contains a Focus Issue section, consisting of 3 articles about PROVE IT-TIMI 22 and a state of the art paper ...
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ICDs implanted by higher volume physicians are associated with lower rates of mechanical complications and infection.
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In this paper, Malouf and colleagues from the Mayo Clinic looked at the significance of C-reactive protein (CRP) levels on the recurrence of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter after a successful cardioversion.
